Chair.



No. 644,506. Patented Feb. 27, I900. W. A. DROMGOLD.

CHAIR.

(Application filed Nov. 21, 1898 (No Modet.)

NITED STATES ATENT Fries.

WVALKER A. DROMGOLD, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,506, dated February 27, 1900.

Application filed November 21,1898. Serial No. 697,109. No model.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWALKER A. DROMGOLD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at York, in the county of York-and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain 1 new and useful Improvements in Chairs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in chairs, and particularly to that class known as park or lawn seats.

The object of the invention is to produce a chair which will yield to the weight of the occupant.

Furthermore,the object is to produce a chair composed of iron, in which the legs, seat, and back are clamped in place by a single bolt, which arrangement simplifies the construction and makes it comparativelyinexpensive.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a novel form of back in which an upper portion is arranged with a yielding or spring connection attached by the bolt above referred to.

Finally, the object of the invention is to produce a chair of few parts. which will prove strong, durable, and efficient, as well assatisfactory in use.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In describing the invention in detail refer-.

ence will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which-- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a chair embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the clips. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the other clip. Fig. 5 is a View in perspective of a portion of one of the legs, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailed view of one of the chair-legs broken away.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the seat, which may be cast or stamped in a single piece, and it may be of any desired shape, although the form shown has given satisfaction both as to appearance and comfort. The legs 2 comprise metal strips or pieces, with their upper end portions converging toward a relativelycentral point of the seat and are received in sockets formed by two clips 3 3, having facing diagonal recesses or grooves 4, the upper or one of said clips having lugs 4 projecting or arranged in its grooves and engaging apertures in said upper end portions of the legs, thus preventing the lateral displacement or withdrawal of said legs from said sockets.

On the under side of the seat two parallel ribs 5 are formed, adapted to enter grooves or depressions in the upper surface of the clip 3', the said ribs acting as guides and preventing any rotation of said clip. The under surface of the lower clip is provided with lugs 6, between which the spring-section 7 of the back is attached, it being understood that the said seat, clips, and spring-section of the back are clamped together by a single bolt passed through apertures in each of the members.

,The upper portion of the back is formed of a metallic plate flared upwardly in width, the edges thereof being curved to give strength and produce a finished appearance, and this upper portion is riveted or otherwise secured to the lower spring portion, as-shown.

The construction and advantages will, it is thought, be understood from the foregoing description, it being noted that various changes may be resorted to in the proportions and other details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a chair, the combination, with its seat, legs and back, of clips adapted to compass or receive the inner end of said legs and a single fastening-bolt for said back, legs and clips, substantially as set forth.

2. In a chair, the combination with its seat, legs and back, each independent of the other, and each leg having an aperture in its inner end, clips adapted to receive the inner ends of said legs, and a single fastening-bolt for said legs, back and clips, substantially as specified.

3. In a chair, the seat having ribs on its under side, a clip adapted to receive said ribs, a

second clip cooperating with the aforesaid clip 7 and having ways, and the legs adapted to enhaving a spring extension lying between the ter said ways, said ways having lugs therein lugs and a bolt for clamping all the members adapted to engage apertures in said legs,subof the chair together, substantially as destantially as set forth. scribed.

5 4. In a chair, a seat having ribs on its bot- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 15 tom, a clip lying between the ribs, a second in presence of two witnesses. clip acting in conjunction therewith, said XVALKER A. DROMGOLD. clips having coinciding ways, legs having an- Witnesses: gnlar extremities lying in the ways, lugs T. EDWARD DROMGOLD,

10 formed on the bottom of the lower clip, a back L. M. \VILT. 

